Donegal 1-14 Cork 1-5
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| Young Donegal supporters Ryan and Darragh Rush. |
Cork were handed a tough assignment to get their 2012
championship season started when they drew the men from the other end of the
country. Donegal, who are looking very
strong at this early stage, proved too much for Cork, and the northerners added
two points to their tally in the quest for the 2012 senior football
championship. For much of the first
half Donegal kept their southern counterparts scoreless, and tallied a goal and
six points without getting into top gear.
Garbhan Friel netted the goal and points came from Brian White, Niall
O’Connell, and Michael McGinty. Cork
battled away and generated some positive moves, the goal coming late in the
first half from Peter Kirwan at corner forward.
The second was more of the same. Rocky Ivers, Kieran Williams, and Brian Donnelly all did well in
keeping the door shut on any hope Cork had of denting the Donegal lead, while
Cork did manage to make the scoreline somewhat respectable. Packie Leddy and Mike Moynihan accounted for
points for the rebels. Donegal looking
good early on and with Kerry getting a draw against Galway find themselves on
top of the table.
Donegal: P. Boyle,
D. Doyle, M. Canning, P. Wanish, C. Bell, K. Mulhern, B. White, B. Donnelly, N.
O’Connell, M. McGinty, R. Ivers, G. Friel, C. Williams. Cork:
J. O’Toole, C. Caffrey, E. Driscoll, M. Lee, J. Hogan, D. Mulvey, P.
Leddy, M. Burke, E. O’Sullivan, M. Moynihan, J. Crowley, P. Kirwan, D. Hughes.
By Rory O'Donnell
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